Shoe or slipper



(No Model.)

A. ZIMMERMAN N.

SHOE OR SLIPPER. 910. 377,822. Patented Feb. 14, 18.88.

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A UNITED STATES PATENT .OFFICE. I

- ALBERT ZIMMERMANN, on oHIcAco, ILLINOIS.

SHOE OR'SLIPPER.

person-marrow forming part of Letters Patent No; 377,822, dated February 14, 1888.

Application filed November 7, 1887. Serial N 0. 254,576. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT ZIMMERMANN, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoes and Slippers, of which the following is a specification, reference be- Ing had to the accompanying drawings and letters marked thereon.

made of felt or similar material.

It consists in the method of fastening the sole to the vamp and quarter, and in attachmg a plate to the inner sole for stiffening the quarter.

' It also consists in the novel mode of cutting and sewing together the lining for the inside of the shoe or slipper, all of which as hereinafter will be fully explained.

In the drawings which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side view of aslipper embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an Fig. 3 represents an edge view of the sole, partly in section. Fig. 4 represents the .vamp and quarter and sole as placed over a last upside down, with the vamp and quarter turned inside out for being sewed to the sole. Fig. 5 is a crosssection of the-same, enlarged. Fig. 6 shows a top view of- Fig. 4 with the sole sewed to it. Fig. 7 is a detail of stitches interlocking. Fig. 8 is the lining spread out to be used for a slipper, the dotted lines indicating the size and extension of the same when it is to be used for a hoe. Fig. 9 is the lining for a slipper, the vamp and toe sewed together before being put upon a last. Fig. 10 is the inner sole having a plate sewed to it for stiffening the quarter.

A represents the upper of a shoe, consisting of the vamp a and quarter b. The sole 0 is made of felt, c, and leather, 0, or any other suitable material, and unliied by stitches (1, known as saddlers stitc es, produced by two needles and a double thread, by hand or machine.

B denotes the lining spread out for the inside of the slipper, as shown in Fig. 8 by full lines, or of a shoe with its sides more extended,

as shown in the. same figure by dotted lines.

The edges 0 and e and f and f are sewed to 7 each other, respectively, forming theseams 9 My invention relates to shoes and slippers upon the edges h h and i i, or, in case of its being a shoeinstead of a slipper, their extensions,

and y, then stretched over a last, 0, where I are sewed to each other, thus fitting exactly" into the inside of the slipper or shoe.

D is the inner sole, having sewed toit astilfening-plate, E, to adapt itself to the quarter. The plate E is sewed to the sole before being placed into the slipper or shoe, and thus is prevented from becoming displaced. As shown in the drawings, Fig. 1, the vamp and quarter of the slipper A are made of two separate pieces and sewed together at j, though I am enabled to cut the vamp and quarter in one piece, the same as the lining B.

Having completed the upper part of the I slipper or shoe, it is to be placed around a last so as to have the-inside out and the upside turned'down and the sole put into it; theedges of which being overlapped by the vamp and quarter, as will be readily understood by Figs. f I

4c and 5 of the. drawings, thereupon said edges so overlapping the sole are securedthereto by piercingthe needle of the-waxed the same time catching the overlapping edges and interlocking with the stitches d, as will be more fully understood by looking at Fig. 5 of the drawings. After having taken the slip.- per or shoe off the last and turned it into its proper position, the inner sole, D, having a stiffening-plate sewed to it, is pasted into the same and directly upon it, and, filling up the; whole slipper or shoe, a last is placed having stretched upon it-the lining provided witha .pasting material, by means of which it will be firmly secured to the slipper or shoe, and being suificiently dried the last is removed and the slipper or shoe finished ready for use. When desired, a heel may be added to the sole,

in the usual way. 7 I I Having fully described my-invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 18-

1. In a. shoe, a felt upper, a composite sole united by a marginal row of stitches, another row of stitching interlocking therewith and uniting the said upper with the sole, all combined substantially as and for the purpose specified and shown.

.thread into the felt'without penetrating it, at

2. In combination, a felt upper, a composite I other row of stitching interlocking therewith and uniting the said upper with the sole, an inner sole, D, provided with astifi'ening-plate, and the inner lining, B, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of the upper A, lining B, said lining cut in one piece, having edges e e and ff, said edges when sewed together forming the vamp and toe, and edges h h and z i, forming the quarter, and the inner sole, D, provided with a plate, E, said plate E sewed to the inner sole before being pasted into the shoe, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination of the upper A, lining I 5 B, sole 0, consisting of felt and leather, and united together by stitches, another row of stitches interlocking therewith, by which the edges of the vamp and quarter are sewed to the sole, and inner sole, D, having astilfening- 20 plate sewed to it, substantially as specified and shown.

ALBERT ZIMMERMANN.

W'itnesses:

HEINRICH F. BRUNs, ANTON H. Fmcrson. 

